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ShowsAdult Conversion vs Leaving the Faith: What’s More Meaningful? Matthew Su & Nathan Ormond | Schools Debate Special
Is it more meaningful to choose Christianity as an adult, or to walk away after growing up in it? In this special schools episode, teenagers ask the tough questions as host Sam McKee moderates a gripping debate between Matthew Su, a Christian convert and PhD candidate at Cambridge, and Nathan Ormond, ex-Christian and creator of the Digital Gnosis YouTube channel.
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ShowsApocalypse: Why do so many feel like the world is coming to an end?
It’s hard to escape the fact that we live in gloomy, despairing times. Whether it is economic stagnation, pandemics, democracy under attack, unending wars or the climate crisis, more and more people feel like things are falling apart. That maybe even the world is coming to a depressing end. How did things get this hopeless, given the relatively recent optimism and energy of the past? Must Christians by default oppose this kind of despair, and what does the Bible have to say about watching the signs of the times? And given apocalypse literally means a time of uncovering and revealing, what should we have our eyes open to in this season of revelation?
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ShowsThe CS Lewis Podcast #211 Nathan Fayard: Exploring the Inversion of the Satanic Hero.
Explore the depths of CS Lewis’s thought and theology in our latest podcast episode with Dr. Nathan Fayard from Indiana Wesleyan University. Specialising in old English literature and medievalism, Dr. Fayard discusses his latest work, “The Recovered Images.” We dive into his presentation from the 2024 Undiscovered CS Lewis Conference titled “Prometheus on Perrelandra: The Inversion of the Satanic Hero in CS Lewis’s Perelandra.”
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ShowsSuicide and Salvation: What does NT Wright say?
How should Christians think about suicide and heaven, baptism and christenings, and the biblical teaching of the Trinity?
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ShowsIs the natural world evidence of design, or the result of random processes? Rachel G Jordan vs Michael Shermer hosted by Andy Kind
In this episode of Premier Unbelievable? comedian and host Andy Kind welcomes marine biologist and Christian author Rachel G. Jordan, author of If the Ocean has a Soul, and sceptic science-historian Dr Michael Shermer, founder of Skeptic Magazine and author of The Moral Arc, for a dynamic conversation exploring whether nature reveals divine purpose or reflects impersonal forces.
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ShowsSex, dinosaurs, bodies and climate change: Parenting children in our confusing and confused world
Today we’re sharing an episode of the Faith in Parenting podcast, run by the Faith in Kids team, which we took part in some months ago. We were kindly asked on to chat about being Christians and being parents, and in particular how we handle sometimes tricky questions and issues that come up from the natural world and in science. And Tim got to share the good and the bad bits of being raised by John, and how science and sex and bodies and dinosaurs and everything else got handled in the home.
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ShowsThe CS Lewis Podcast #210 Nathan Fayard: What makes a true hero - power, rebellion, or love?
Ruth Jackson speaks with Dr. Nathan Fayard, Assistant Professor of English at Indiana Wesleyan University about how Lewis engages with the idea of the romantic hero in Perelandra. Why does Lewis split heroic qualities between Ransom and the villain Weston? What can Byron’s Manfred and Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound teach us about Lewis’s theology?
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ShowsI am a transgender man, can I get married to a woman? NT Wright on Gender, Faith, and Being Human
In this episode of Ask NT Wright Anything, Tom Wright and Mike Bird engage with deeply personal and theologically rich questions. They explore how the grace of God meets us amid identity struggles, why pastoral care matters so much in conversations about gender and faith, and how deconstruction can lead to a more resilient Christianity.
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ShowsDo humans have the right to engineer life? Prof. Keith Fox v Dr. Sam McKee
This episode of Unbelievable? dives into the ethical and theological dilemmas of synthetic biology and engineering artificial organisms, as Dr Sam McKee and Prof Keith Fox debate whether humanity’s ability to “play God” challenges or complements religious beliefs and our understanding of human creativity.
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ShowsCan we treat Parkinson’s disease without destroying embryos?
This episode explores a breakthrough in Parkinson’s treatment using lab-grown stem cells, potentially avoiding the ethical issues of embryo use. We also tackle why overtreatment of the elderly is common in medicine and how Christians can make wise end-of-life choices.
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ShowsThe CS Lewis Podcast #209 Nathan Fayard: Lewis’s thinking on redemption, paradise, and poetic vision
Ruth Jackson is joined again by Nathan Fayard, Assistant Professor of English at Indiana Wesleyan University, to explore how the poetry of John Milton and Percy Bysshe Shelley shaped C.S. Lewis’s imagination and theology.
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ShowsWill God resurrect my cremated body? NT Wright on God’s grace, the Law, and new life after cremation
In this episode of Ask NT Wright Anything, Tom Wright and Mike Bird explore the deep connections between ‘hesed’ in the Old Testament and ‘charis’ in the New, offering a rich picture of God’s love and faithfulness. They tackle the sensitive topic of cremation and Christian burial, affirming the unshakable hope of resurrection.
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ShowsDoes true freedom exist? Max Jeganathan vs Andrew Copson hosted by Andy Kind
Is our obsession with personal autonomy leading to fulfilment - or fracture? Max Jeganathan (author of The Freedom Trap) and Andrew Copson (CEO of Humanists UK) explore the purpose, power, and pitfalls of freedom.
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ShowsShame, Honour & the Gospel: Recovering What We’ve Missed
Have we overlooked the gospel’s answer to shame, not just guilt? This episode explores how Jesus addressed both in an honour-based culture, and what Western Christians might miss as society shifts towards new forms of public shaming.
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ShowsThe CS Lewis Podcast #208 Nathan Fayard: The impact of Lewis on life, faith and perspective
Ruth Jackson is joined by Nathan Fayard, an assistant professor of English at Indiana Wesleyan University, to discuss his paper from the 2024 Undiscovered CS Lewis conference held at George Fox University. How did Nathan first encountered Lewis? What impact has he had on his life and faith journey? He also gives a summary Perelandra as we prepare to dive into his paper.
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ShowsJesus’ Jewish identity, Paul’s commands to women and Bonhoeffer’s dilemma: Tom Wright answers
Tom Wright and Mike Bird delve into the Jewish identity of Jesus in this week’s episode of the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast. They respond to a listener’s question about Paul’s instructions in 1 Corinthians 11 and reflect on the moral dilemmas faced by Dietrich Bonhoeffer during the Nazi regime.
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ShowsCancer, War and the God Question: why so much suffering?
Why does a good God allow violence and suffering — even in the Bible?
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ShowsWhat is a woman?
This episode delves into two UK Supreme Court rulings: one on doctors’ anonymity in life support disputes with parents of severely ill children, and another defining ‘woman’ in the 2010 Equality Act as biological sex, affecting trans women’s access to single-sex spaces. We explore the implications of these judgements.
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ShowsThe CS Lewis Podcast #207 Jacqueline Wilson: C.S Lewis's Prayer Life in Historical Context
Ruth Jackson is joined by Jacqueline Wilson, a student working towards her Master of Arts in cultural apologetics from Houston Christian University, to share her thoughts on Lewis’ prayer life in the paper she presented at the 2024 Undiscovered CS Lewis conference, which was held at George Fox University.
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Shows”You become what you worship?!” NT Wright answers tough questions on worship, resurrection and the Gaza conflict
In this episode of Ask NT Wright Anything, Tom Wright and Mike Bird explore the theological roots of church membership, unpack the meaning of worship as a response to grace, and reflect on the hope of resurrection. They also discuss how lament is not just permitted but essential in a world full of pain, and why the church cannot remain silent in the face of injustice.
